“Specifiers” for mood disorders

In the DSM-5, various “specifiers” may be added along with diagnoses of major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder. The reason DSM-5 encourages us to use these specifiers is because they have been convincingly shown to be important for treatment and/or prognosis. So, we should always be evaluating patients with major depressive disorder,…

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